Homemade Play Recipes

Flubber is a stretchy, bouncy polymer putty you can make in about five minutes from warm water, white PVA school glue and borax. The … Read more

To make goop that hardens, you want a mixture that starts soft and sets into a solid you can hold: a baking soda and … Read more

A glitter sensory bottle is a sealed clear bottle filled with slow-moving liquid and glitter, so a child can shake it and watch the … Read more

A sensory box, also called a sensory bin, is a shallow container filled with a safe, textured material a child can scoop, pour, sort … Read more

How to store homemade playdough is mostly about cutting off the air. Cool the dough completely, press out the air pockets, seal it in … Read more

To dye rice for sensory bins, put one cup of uncooked white rice in a sealable bag, add a teaspoon of white vinegar or … Read more

To color pasta for sensory play, cook 1 cup of short pasta, add 15 to 20 drops of food coloring to the water, stir … Read more

Homemade bubble bath for kids takes about five minutes and two or three ingredients you probably already have: warm water, a clear dish soap … Read more

To make playdough soft again, add a few drops of water and knead the dough until the moisture disappears into it. That one-minute fix … Read more

Moon sand is flour and oil mixed at an 8-to-1 ratio until it crumbles like dry sand but packs together like wet sand, and … Read more